Did Such Lengths

[TRIGGER WARNING: A topic about depression is briefly stated here. If you are uncomfortable about it, please skip the chapter.]

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Shi Lian took a shower, staying more than she should under it. With her head leaning against the bathroom wall, she sighed, closing her eyes as the song on her playlist played next.

She is the kind of person who cannot go inside the bathroom without taking her phone to play music.

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I'm mad at Disney, Disney

They tricked me, tricked me

Had me wishing on a shooting star

But now I'm twenty-something

I still know nothing

About who I am or what I'm not

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The song "Mad at Disney" by Saleme Ilese played, making her listen to the lyrics of the song as she continued scrubbing the loofa on her skin to further lather the soap on her.

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So call me a pessimist

But I don't believe in it

Finding a true love's kiss is bullshit

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